Wildmoor Primitive Methodist chapel

Top Rd, Wildmoor, B61 0RD

By Christopher Hill

The Primitive Methodist magazine for April 1851 gives an account by J Huff of the opening of Wildmoor Primitive Methodist chapel in the Bromsgrove circuit.

The chapel measured 18' x 15'. It was provided by Mr A Rutter in the summer of 1850. The annual rent was 50s.

Wildmoor is north of Catshill. The Bromsgrove Advertiser of August 7th August 2008 reports that Wildmoor Methodist Church would close on Sunday, August 31. Although it still had members, none of them lived in Wildmoor. Google Street View for July 2011 shows the chapel on Top Lane, still bearing the inscription "Jubilee Primitive Methodist chapel 1883" although the date is not clearly in focus.

The chapel is marked on the 1:2.500 Ordnance Survey map for 1882. Was this the same location as the 1850 chapel? Can anyone throw light on this?